reasoning behind Santiago sailing out to sea was in hopes of finding a fish to save his fishing career. For a very long time‚ people doubted Santiago’s capabilities of fishing considering his old age. Although many people didn’t see him as a true fisherman‚ Manolin‚ a young boy Santiago mentors‚ persistently continues to stand up for him and kindly takes care of him‚ even though Santiago always stubbornly refuses. Manolin refuses to see Santiago as just an “old man.” “Everything about him was old except
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An added bonus‚ although not realized until I matured‚ was the increasing bond between myself and my uncle which deepened with each trip. I attribute my vast knowledge of the sport from my uncle who is a lifetime fisherman and as conceited as it sounds‚ I have become a good fisherman. Choosing the right bait‚ using the appropriate equipment‚ casting the line‚ reeling in the fish have become second nature to me. I continue to expand my knowledge of the sport by regularly fishing‚ watching fishing
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The Old Man and the Sea was published in 1952 and was acclaimed by many as Hemingway’s greatest literary triumph. The story of the novel is lead by an old fisherman named Santiago. He spends most of his life by being a respected‚ skillful fisherman; working the gulf off Havana‚ Cuba. Santiago is described as being "thin and gaunt with deep wrinkles in the back of his neck". His face is marked with brown blotches of skin cancer‚ and his aged hands are scarred from innumerable fishing-cord burns uncured
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smile. He looked sun-tanned and wrinkled. I guessed he must be in his early 70s’. But he was cheerful and friendly as I talked to him. During the course of our conversation‚ he unfolded certain parts of his personal history to me. He had been a fisherman all his life. In fact‚ he started learning the trade ever since he was a young boy of thirteen when he helped his father to earn a living. It had been a very tough life at sea‚ getting up as early as two or three in the morning to go out fishing
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pole‚ when they could easily go to McDonald and buy a fish Mcbites for a couple dollars and way less effort and time. Fishing is an activity that should not have been invented it is a waist of time and hardwork. There are many people out there‚ fisherman by trade‚ that net giant schools of fish and sell it to consumers so that they don’t have to go out of there way to get fish. Mainly because fishing with rod and reel is a thing of the past and just to hard for us modern folks. Why would any human
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Two Fisherman The integrity of an individual is not revealed when that person is in their comfort zone. It is only when that individual is put under pressure that the true nature of their being is revealed. In Morley Callaghan’s short story "Two Fisherman"‚ the protagonist‚ Michael Foster‚ is put in a position where he must choose to stand up and protect an innocent man he has become friends with‚ or to meld into the hatred of the crowd and lose his identity. When the time comes to for Michael
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become a reporter for city paper as he always wished. 3. Explain the final scene of the story?(5-6) The story finished with Smitty giving two big fish folded in a newspaper to Michael in front of everyone in the jail. But Michael let the other fisherman take the fish and through it at Smitty. First‚ the fish in this situation symbolize the friendship between Michael and the hangman and the newspaper represents the society‚ the people how hated‚ ridicule and criticize Smitty. When Smitty give Michael
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When thinking of the word “hero” mostly to everyone‚ a superhero comes to mind. Not all heroes are superheros. To me‚ a hero is someone who is courageous and never gives up no matter the circumstances. Speaking of someone heroic‚ Santiago is an old fisherman in The Old Man and The Sea written by Ernest Hemingway. Although Hemingway did not exactly state that Santiago is a hero‚ he displays that he is with the many characteristics he gives him. By the end of the book‚ readers can see that Santiago seems
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Santiago does not mearely "like" fishing‚ it was more of an obsession. Fishing is not a piece in his schuelde‚ rather‚ his life evoles around the sea. His entire life’s purpose‚ or so he believes‚ involves the sea. "Perhaps I should not have been a fisherman‚ he thought. But that was the thing that I was born for." After eighty-four days of failure‚ he decides to adventure into the sea. He refuses to adapt to society and as a "strange man" (P.14 ) he remains using his outdated equipment and small skiff
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The number of lobsters being caught has tripled. 2. What does Walter Day suggest needs to be done to keep the industry flourishing? He says “Just let us do what we’ve been doing‚ and otherwise let us alone.” By this he means that the lobster fisherman can be trusted when it comes to determining if the lobster is of legal size‚ or if it has eggs. They’re honest and know what they’re talking about. 3. What are shorts? Lobsters that aren’t large and mature enough to be captured legally. 4. What
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